Hove Street (2)

2018: Today there is no trace of Hove Manor House, other than the flint wall to the south noted in the original descriptive notes by James Gray and still standing, as shown in the right-hand corner of the modern image. Hove Street has been widened and straightened and this site is now fully occupied by Hove Manor Flats. Beyond it are the low built stables which were eventually rebuilt to be the home for Hove Fire Station when it relocated from George Street. In the far distance, Dolphin Court now stands at the far left of this image, opposite the Connaught Hotel and close to the junction of Hove Street with Church Road.  (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: This is indeed one of the best images of the front of Hove Manor and its adjoining stables. All were demolished in 1936 to make way for the 6-storey block of flats and shops with the same name and the two buildings to the north, built to house a new fire station and electricity substation. In the far distance, the distinctive skyline of buildings facing Church Road can still be seen, although from this angle the view is obscured by Dolphin Court flats, built in 1959. On the other side of the road, only the Connaught Inn remains in place after the removal of Hove Cottage to allow the widening and straightening of Hove Street to meet the needs of modern traffic. (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: This unusual view of the front of Hove Manor, taken in 1915, shortly before Hove Street was widened and straightened later that year, looks across the southern end of the long walled garden referred to in other images of this end of Hove Street. Hove Manor was duly replaced by Hove Manor Flats. Hove Cottage, on the left, was demolished. The garden was, as noted in the original descriptive notes, filled first by a house known as Fairstone, shown and referred to in image 12 147. This too was demolished to make way for Princes Court flats on the corner of Princes Avenue, the balconies of which are just visible to the immediate left in the modern image. (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: Of the two images of Hove Fire Station and its fire engines (12_176 and 177) taken in either 1926 or 1928 this is the harder to locate. It seems likely that this fine display of fire engines was close to the newly built fire station in Hove Street, perhaps in what is now a car park to the rear of the main building which served as its home for 50 years from 1926. However, this has not so far been confirmed as the background and actual location have not been positively identified. The fire engines themselves have of course long since gone. (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: Of the two images of Hove Fire Station (jgc_12_176 and 177) taken in either 1926 or 1928 this is the easier to locate. The two rounded arches, fitted with bright red slats, stand out in the buildings replacing the original low-built stables, now converted for office use. The brick wall and end pillar with a distinctive capping still stand, 90 years after the original image was taken, to the south (right) of the entrance to what is now a car park, but which could have been the fire station yard shown in jgc_12_176. The old fire engines themselves have long since gone, replaced by modern appliances at the new Hove Fire Station in English Close. (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: Assuming the original description is correct, then these are the old cottages shown in images 12_144, 155 and 175 facing on to Hove Street, just to the north of Hove Lodge. Princes Avenue was at the time of this photo (1913) still open land, not developed until 1925. The cottages were demolished in 1936 at the same time as Hove Manor on the other side of Hove Street. If this is indeed the case, then the tall building on the far right must be the side of Hove Lodge Mansions, built in 1897. The other tall building beyond the cottages is harder to identify – unless it is part of the Ship Inn before or after it was relocated. The site now houses a pair of semi-detached houses. (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: Three images (12_144, 155 and 175)  show the old cottages on the west side of Hove Street, between Hove Lodge and what was to become, in 1925, Princes Avenue. The barn on the right (north) was the home for many years of a maker of bath chairs. The cottages were demolished in 1936 at the same time as Hove Manor House on the other side of Hove Street and the site used to build a pair of semidetached houses facing onto Princes Avenue. The red-brick side of Hove Lodge, rebuilt in 1986 as a four-storey block of flats providing sheltered accommodation, can now be seen on the left (south) side. Trees planted in the 1920 and 1930s are now mature.  (Photographer: David Sears)